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Calm down! I don't speak it, and wouldn't want to.....or gaelic. It's just that in my opinion its about time some of the people in the UK realised that English is the first language. Welsh IS actually forced down our throats on ALL road signs, bills and every other bit of crap I get sent! You're welsh aren't you? ;) |
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Hah, hah, I was just kidding, I know how this kind of enforced patriotism can be annoying, ithere was a lot of it here... AND NO, FOR THE 1000TH TIME, I'M SERBIAN, WHY WOULD NOT ANYONE BELIEVE ME? |
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Do you speak any other languages other than English? |
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Just a little russian but really badly and I can curse in up to ten languages but that doesn't really count, does it? |
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You know a 'little russian' ?? ? What's his name? ;) |
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Ahh, that's right, make fun of my imperfect english, go on with your imperialist, racist western stance. BTW, his name is Alyosha... |
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A lot of people on this board who are not native speakers seem to be better in english than a lot of NS's |
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Ok..back to Irish. I had to learn it in school but its not thought too well. I would love to speak it now for when i'm abroad and need to take the piss out of the locals without getting stabbed. interesting fact: Speak irish in Israel and expect to be arrested. Some Palestinean groups use it as code thanks to their links to Irish sepretists. Also..language is a powerfull tool for shaping culture. It's sublties have been shown to actually mould local value systems and lead to higher states of thinking. i.e. simple language = simple thought which generally leads to (relatively) backwards civilisation. MAD! |
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Cleanliness is next to Godliness..in an irish dictionary ;) |
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judging by your spelling, they don't teach english too well in Irish schools either... An example of imperialist conquerors trying to cast your society back? |
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i never try and spell too correctly when i don't need to - you "folks" (i spelled that alright didn't i?!!)...seem to get the gist (jist?) only known irish contribution to english - "craic".......the irony is a killer |
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heh, heh I was just taking a piss, hope that was obvious. Plus my spelling is far from flawless I'm afraid. What does "craic" mean? |
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xaxaxaxa jedi chris is the man! |
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Show some solidarity, man!! |
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no worries, mate (australian phrase) i'll put it in context - "i went to see rdj, bogdan and ovuca and the feckin' craic was mighty" your mate goes in to get the latest afx cd and walks out of the shop - they've sold out. You say, on seeing his/her sullen expression: "any craic?" - he/she says "fuck the much!" or "divil the fuck!" .."craic" is being used more and more by hollywood these days (a-boom-tish) |
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meho .. i believe you were taking the piss .. that or you have one small bladder :) |
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keyfumbler: eh? now you got me even more confused. It's one of those words that don't mean anything but using them confirms that you're part of the community, right? Korben: er, i thought that phrase means that I was kidding. I have to check my english... |
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maybe its different in the uk, but here in nz taking the piss = joking taking a piss = urinating :) |
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"craic" is gaelic/irish for "good times"..it's pronounced "crack" and is spreading. There's many a drug related joke about it in the meida here and in England. Will we ever get like Bladerunner - using japmanish (japanese/german/english/spainish hybrid) |
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ah, Korben, i was obviously using it the wrong way, what can I do , I get carried away easily and forget that english is not my mother tongue... Keyfumbler: aha, I get it now. I don't think we will, but since everyone is using some english now, it necessarily develops further into something beyond anglic people's power/ intentions |
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no worries mate .. yer english is top notch, just them colloquial schisms that can get a bit confusing? my english is far from perfect, that an im lazzy too cheque my gramma and sperling |
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why thank you, thank you, *blushes* but I was wrong, for sho... |
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I think the most well-known Irish contribution to English is "whiskey." |
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So what does this mean? Are you putting the "u" back into color? I don't know what to make of this exercise. |
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colour = uk(commonwealth) color = us |
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colour = correct color = prime example of americans ruining are language!! :) |
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'our' language . . . oopss! Damn laptop keyboard |
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Haha, a poor craftsman blames his tools! Daniel Webster was simplifying the language when he changed colour to color, your guess is as good as mine if there was an ulterior motive. |
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just like sulphur and sulfur though apparently it is actually now universally (uk+us) referred to as sulfur. was some deal, some exchange can't remember what the uk got out of it, but must have been some other chemistry related thing? |
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